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Depends on the good habit, if it’s walk out in nature it’s fine but if it’s like something u do just to relieve ur anxiety and that’s all u want from it then it may be a compulsion
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Yeah but how do you keep it from turning from a good habit to an unhealthily rigid "I must do this or my anxiety will spike"
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@AnonymouslyMe (see bio) I don’t think good habits will become like that. Can u give me an example?
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@Rohan kulkarni Like I'll try to meditate everyday because I want to, then it turns into"if I don't meditate, my anxiety spikes more than it would have if I never started meditating just because I've failed my routine"
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@AnonymouslyMe (see bio) Not exactly, but something like that
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@AnonymouslyMe (see bio) I think those are not compulsive because u are trying to not act on those thought a tell ur brain are there is no danger by calming down and not obsessing over those thoughts
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@Rohan kulkarni I don't think we're on the same page here
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@AnonymouslyMe (see bio) Oh sorry I couldn’t understand
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@Rohan kulkarni Wish I could be if more help
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@Rohan kulkarni Sorry for the late reply. It's fine. I'd rather drop the topic though, for health reasons
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I understand wat your tlk bout I looked up excersizes and rote them down so I could do them maybe the first few times there’s no order to it but then I gotta do it exactly the way it’s rote down and if I don’t do all the excersizes in the order I feel wierd and if I don’t have a chance to do them at all I feel wierd it’s suppose to be a relaxing healthy thing to excersize kind of have a good habit then it turns into work you gotta do each 1 and you gotta do it just rite everything good you try to do turns into a habit basically.
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I have alot of ocd problems that are like this like everday things you have to do like getting dressed and showering just things you do everday turn into habits now I gotta change my clothes everday in a certain order then put on deodorant use qtips 1 for each ear then wipe my face wit cleanseing pads then put my hair up I’ve been doing that everyday for years and I shower everyday also which becomes a habit I get in get my body wet a certain way get soap wash my body in a certain order left arm rite arm chest stomach left leg rite leg privates then my bottom my back then done and then I rinse off in the same order I shave left armpit rite armpit left leg rite leg then privates I also wash my hair in a particular order it’s suppose to be an everyday normal relaxing thing but for some reason daily things need to be done in order it’s not necessarily a debilitating thing it’s just aggravating you gotta do things a certain way sometimes I wanna just run threw things like normal maybe I don’t have time to do something one day I’d like to just be able to do it like a normal person but I can’t rite now.
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I would say to try your best to not analyze this as it can lead to emotional reasoning. It really begins with consistently practicing foundational steps whatever that looks like for you. Educating yourself, learning with a NOCD therapist, attending webinars, etc. I read an article yesterday by a Dr. Greenberg about rumination and it really covers how even asking things like this are typically forms of rumination and analyzing. So instead how about you sit with the doubt, discomfort, anxiety, and get back to whatever it is you were doing before. Were you reading, eating, exercising?… good, go and do something for yourself, not to avoid thoughts…but to focus on what actually matters to you.
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For years I’ve been struggling with trying to put together a routine for myself. I always end up filling my time with things that pertain to others. I see my friends all day, I like to see my boyfriend a lot (even though it’s only a weekend to weekend thing), and I’ll scroll social media. When I go on social media I tend to look at people who is no longer in my life. With this, I’ve come to a realization recently that I’ve put others over my own needs. I barely take my meds regularly because I feel like I’m constantly busy at peoples events, hanging out, or work. I don’t want kids but I’ve grown up in a family the idolizes the nuclear lifestyle despite not having it, and my boyfriend wants kids, so I feel like I’ve put myself in a position to lose my idea of what I want. Sometimes I don’t even know if I want to be with a man. I feel sometimes that people will leave me if I just do what will work for me. I could put down my drink and I think of how it will affect others, not myself. I’ve always wanted to travel and get out but I know my boyfriend wants to stay with his family so I put it on the back burner. I’ve started to get anxious about me losing out on my life and what I want to do. It makes me think I’ve always lost out on so many opportunities. I want to try to start small. Making sure I have a good routine for myself that I won’t break and then try to apply that discipline to the rest of my life. I’m just not sure how.
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So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
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I cannot for the life of me stop ruminating or checking how I feel about thoughts or focusing on thoughts or creating more thoughts. I feel like I’m losing my mind. I want to scream. I try not to ruminate about the thoughts, but trying not to just makes me think about them more. I try not to check, but somehow, I still check. I want to let a thought sit in the background, but the more I try not to focus on it, the more I end up focusing on it. I don’t want the thought to expand because that feels like engaging with it, but I can’t just stop it from expanding. It feels impossible. People keep saying I’m in control of my compulsions, and maybe that’s true for the physical ones. But when it comes to the mental compulsions, I swear I have no control. It feels like I’m missing something that everyone else seems to have, like there’s some tool they’re using that I don’t have. Controlling mental compulsions has never felt possible for me. I’m starting to fear them. And every time someone says I’m in control and can just choose not to do them, I end up beating myself up even more when they happen. Or when I *choose* I guess. I don’t know anymore. If this is my fault, if I’m responsible for this, then what does that make me? I feel like a monster. I am at my wits’ end. How am I supposed to control mental compulsions when it feels like they control me? I freak out when they happen. They don’t bring me relief, they just make me panic. I want it to stop so bad.
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